Robust Two-Dimensional Spatial Solitons in Liquid Carbon Disulfide

Edilson L. Falcão-Filho, Cid B. de Araújo, Georges Boudebs, Hervé Leblond, and Vladimir Skarka
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 013901 – Published 2 January 2013

Abstract

The excitation of near-infrared (2+1)D solitons in liquid carbon disulfide is demonstrated due to the simultaneous contribution of the third- and fifth-order susceptibilities. Solitons propagating free from diffraction for more than 10 Rayleigh lengths although damped, were observed to support the proposed soliton behavior. Numerical calculations using a nonlinear Schrödinger-type equation were also performed.

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  • Received 29 March 2012
  • Corrected 4 February 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.013901

© 2013 American Physical Society

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4 February 2013

Authors & Affiliations

Edilson L. Falcão-Filho* and Cid B. de Araújo

  • Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50670-901 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Georges Boudebs1, Hervé Leblond1, and Vladimir Skarka1,2

  • 1LUNAM Université, Université d’Angers, Laboratoire de Photonique d’Angers, EA 4464, 49045 Angers, France
  • 2Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

  • *Corresponding author. elff@df.ufpe.br

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Vol. 110, Iss. 1 — 4 January 2013

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